Ok You can get the new store manuals in the SVdPusa.org website. click on members, then click on documents, then click on Councils/conferences,then click on stores and there are the three new store manuals. Thank you hope this helps Mark

Has anyone ever used or heard of 800-YES-SVDP? I had a call from a donor regarding processing issues for the car she was donating. After doing some research, turns out the car that was to be donated to us was donated to Auto Donation Program of Belmont CA. After looking at their website ( http://www.YES-SVDP.org ) and calling the numbers provided on…[Read more]

I just uploaded Dave Barringer “50 Lessons in Thrift Retailing” from his presentation at the National Assembly in Providence 2015. See #3 that recommends $100/sq. ft. of retail space. Sounds like a good goal to measure against.

Ron,
This is a hard number to pin down as there is great variation. Here is the chart that is in the New Stores Startup Manual that will be published very soon. It is from the 2014 -2015 reports. It seems to hover around an average of $45/sq. ft. So it looks like you have one store above average and one store below average.
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Does anyone have data that was collected on the performance of stores on $ per square foot sales? I remember seeing the report years ago. We have two stores one that is selling around $70 per square foot and another that sells around $25 per square foot. We know location, location, location (and management, management, management) but would like…[Read more]